Chocolate cake in a MUG

No doubt if you have a sweet tooth like me, you have often wanted a piece of chocolate cake. Now here you have 2 choices, you can go out and buy one, which would require getting out of the house, driving/ walking. Waiting in line.... OR you could bake a cake. Now if you are in a hurry, or you are in the middle of doing something else, then baking a cake can be time consuming also...........unless it's a 3 minute chocolate cake in a mug!

Ingredients:
*4 tbl spoon flour
*3 tbl spoon sugar (I used caster sugar, normal white sugar should be fine)
*2 tbl spoon cocoa
1 egg
6 tbl spoon milk
3 tbl spoon oil
*handful of choc chips (optional)
splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug

• Spray inside coffee mug with oil.

• In a bowl, place all dry ingredients (I have marked them above with *)

• In a cup, place all wet ingredients, mix well with a fork. 

• Add all wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mix well.

• Empty batter into the coffee mug.

• Place mug in the microwave, and cook on high for approx 3 minutes.

Once cooked, I made a mixture of 3 tbl spoon of icing sugar (icing mixture) and 3 tbl spoon of milk, and poured it over the hot cake. Topped it off with whipped cream from a can.

ENJOY

Notes:

This is a "quick fix". The texture is a bit rubbery, even with the icing mixture, may take some getting used to. The taste is good, although I wouldn't offer it to any guests. I plan to do this again, but bake it in the oven (approx 20 minutes), to see if it makes a difference with the texture. It is very convenient, but requires a little bit of tweaking. Overall, worth a try. If all else fails.......lots of ICECREAM!

Would you try it?

Chocolate Brownies

Here is the Chocolate brownies recipe I so love. I have made this many many time over the years, at one stage about 3 time a week. Perfect with an icy cold glass of milk on the couch watching daytime TV, while my boys are asleep. I am generous with my measurement of the cocoa. If you are too, then remember that the mixture might be a bit dry if so, add a bit more oil.


INGREDIENTS
150g butter
1 cup good quality baking cocoa
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbl sp vegetable oil
3/4 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 pkt Nestle White choc bits (optional)

• Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celcius/ 320 F/ Gas mark 3. Line base of 28cm x 18cm x 3 cm (11 x 7 x 2) inch tin with baking paper.

• Melt butter on very low heat in a saucepan, add baking cocoa, allow to cool slightly. Beat in eggs, stir in vanilla, sugar and oil.

• Add flour and baking powder and stir until thoroughly mixed, then add white choc bits. 

• Turn mixture into tin.

Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 min, test with skewer/ sharp knife to make sure its cooked through.

Let cool in tin then cool completely on a cooling rack.

ENJOY

MY TIPS:

I have never made this without the choc chips, so cannot comment. 

I have made this in a larger baking tin, but found it dries out too much and is not as chewy.

I dont have much patience, so I add all 4 eggs at once (still cold from the fridge) and mix quickly with a wooden spoon. The main thing to be aware of is the egg may cook slightly of not thoroughly mixed immediately, I have never had that problem.